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Gretchen Teagarden
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Karina Mikhli
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Steven Hurtado
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Connor McCormick

FormulaMap does something for each item in a list.


The best among us think it should be called “ForThisDoThat” (attr.
Gretchen T
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Let’s look at some examples.
Our Team
1
Name
Last Initial
1
Connor
M
2
Gretchen
T
3
Susan
D
4
Karina
M
5
Steven
H
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What do each of these return?
[Our Team].Name.FormulaMap(CurrentValue)
Returns
ConnorGretchenSusanKarinaSteven
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[Our Team].FormulaMap(CurrentValue.Name)
Returns
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ConnorGretchenSusanKarinaSteven
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[Our Team].Name
Returns
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ConnorGretchenSusanKarinaSteven
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What is FormulaMap for?

If all of those return the same thing, why do we need FormulaMap at all?
What about this one? What does it return?
[Our Team].FormulaMap(CurrentValue)
Returns?
@Connor
@Gretchen
@Susan
@Karina
@Steven
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Challenge #1

Now your first challenge: how would you produce this output?
Connor MGretchen TSusan DKarina MSteven H
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Challenge #2


Not only can you use FormulaMap with formula, you can also use it with buttons.

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Put Name into Backup Name
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👆 Can you make a button that does this?
View of Our Team
1
Name
Last Initial
Name Backup
1
Connor
M
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2
Gretchen
T
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3
Susan
D
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4
Karina
M
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5
Steven
H
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Challenge #3





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Assign All Tasks to Each of Us
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👆 Can you make a button that does this?
Some Tasks
1
1
2
3
Name
Eat
Drink
Be Merry
No results from filter
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Assignments
0
Task
Who?
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Challenge #4

Now, how would you create a lettered (not numbered) list of the items in
Assignments
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?
E.g.
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Challenge #5


Replicate the Count of Things Used formula
All Collections
0
1
2
3
4
5
Collection
Thing
Count
C
A
2
D
C
3
D
B
5
E
D
7
E
C
11
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All Things
0
1
2
3
4
5
Name
Count of Things Used
A
[
A
1]
B
[
B
1]
C
[
A
2]
D
[
A
6][
B
5]
E
[
A
42][
B
35][
A
22]
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